Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition, English, OEM Version, With Service Pack 2.

Experience the Freedom of Windows XP Home!
Built on the Powerful New Windows Engine
Enhanced Real-Time Voice, Video and Data Communications!
Windows® XP Home Edition gives you the freedom to experience more than you ever thought possible with your computer and the Internet. This is the operating system home users have been waiting for—because it offers serious stability, so you can have serious fun. If you’ve always imagined you could do more with your computer, your vision is about to become reality. With Windows® XP Home Edition, you’ll be able to experience the full potential of your PC. Experience the possibilities here.

Benefits

Designed for reliability, security and privacy, high performance, and ease of use, the Windows® XP operating system provides a host of benefits for business and home users. A clean and simple desktop, rock-solid reliability, and easy-to-use features that take advantage of the digital age all contribute to the value of Windows® XP.

Enhancements in real-time voice, video, and data communications will allow the PC to become a center of communications and creativity beyond just e-mail and instant messaging. Windows® XP will also allow the user to connect back to the desktop from any location, and support for new wireless networks will be built in. Windows® XP will unify the user's support experience by enabling the user to provide temporary and secure control of their PC over the Internet to whomever can best help them.

Windows® XP takes an end-to-end approach to how people transfer videos and pictures onto their computer, how they use them on their PC and other devices, and how they share them, whether in person or through e-mail, over the Web, or through removable media like DVDs and CDs. It extends this experience through applications that help users buy music and videos, mobile devices, services for saving your music on the Internet, and more. Windows® XP will make it easier for households to share a single PC and share pictures, music, files, printers, and other resources.

Take the Windows® XP Tour
Find out more about how Windows® XP helps you do amazing things. The tour lets you experience firsthand the best of the new features that Windows® XP brings to your computer.

Note: This version of Microsoft Windows XP cannot be upgraded from earlier versions of Windows. If your operating system is Windows 2000/ME/98 you must backup your data before installation. This OEM version will only allow a clean Install, and your existing data will be deleted.

Features

• Built on new Windows® engine
  With Windows® XP Home Edition, Microsoft® has merged the best features of its consumer operating systems with the power, security, and reliability of the Windows® 2000 engine to create a new friendlier, more dependable operating system.
  
  
• Windows® File Protection
  Prevents you or your applications from accidentally changing the core operating system files. This helps protect your system proactively and automatically.
  
  
• System Monitor
  Analyzes hundreds of different system metrics, including memory, disk and network throughput for you.
  
  
• Task Manager
  Provides you with useful computer performance and allows you to terminate inactive programs. You can also opt for a reporting mechanism that best suits your specific requirements.
  
  
• Remote Assistance
  Provides you with the ability to invite a trusted friend or support professional also running Windows® XP to be your remote assistant. Through an Internet connection, your assistant can chat with you, observe your working screen, and, with your permission, remotely control your computer.
  
  
• Extensible Search
  Lets you search across multiple remote and online providers to get the most information for the topic you're investigating.